John Gottman Archives - Robin Shapiro

Gottman & Navarra: Couple Recovery Development Approach Workshop

John Gottman and Bob Navarra gave a useful workshop about working with couples in recovery from addiction, in Seattle yesterday. Here are some of the take-aways: "Mastery, Not Perfection" A wonderful thing to say to anyone learning a new skill ,is the "perfect" thing to say to recovering addicts, who are likely to be perfectionists.

By Robin Shapiro|2011-07-31T17:37:34-07:00July 31st, 2011|2 Comments

Day II: UCLA Attachment Conference Day 2

John Gottman on Meta-EmotionsJohn Gottman is the relationship research guru of the world. He’s studied thousands of couples to find out what makes happy and long-lasting relationships and what makes miserable short-lived ones. Today he talked about research he did with Lynn Katz, starting in 1985 on Meta-Emotions: thoughts and feelings about emotions. They identify

By Robin Shapiro|2007-03-10T22:50:42-08:00March 10th, 2007|6 Comments